I am trying to form a string using format() but can't figure this out.
lems = ['scaena', 'persona', 'improbus']
for i in lems:
print('{}{}{}'.format(i, '\t', 'whatever'))
but the tab is not strung as I expect it. Actually, the last item in the list the tab does apply as it prints out:
scaena text
persona text
improbus text
What is going on? thanks.
The tab is working properly, you probably are looking for .ljust(width)
lems = ['scaena', 'persona', 'improbus']
for i in lems:
print('{}{}'.format(i.ljust(10), 'whatever'))
prints out:
scaena whatever
persona whatever
improbus whatever
Sometimes it's useful to calculate the max length of your strings so the output is more reliable
lems = ['scaena', 'persona', 'improbus']
max_len = max(len(l) for l in lems)
for i in lems:
print('{}{}'.format(i.ljust(max_len + 1), 'whatever'))
I have used that construction:
tab = '\t'
file.write(f'''Name{tab}sn{tab}port{tab}sw_sn{tab}sw_port''')
\t directly in the f-string works as well.f-string is another option to achieve the same thing as the answer but in a more compact format. '<10' means to right align with width 10.
lems = ['scaena', 'persona', 'improbus']
for i in lems:
print(f"{i:<10} whatever")
Output:
scaena whatever
persona whatever
improbus whatever
You can also use the f-string:
lems = ['scaena', 'persona', 'improbus']
for i in lems:
print(f"{i}\t{'whatever'}")
You can use the function repr() to see that tab is added to the string:
from reprlib import repr
lems = ['scaena', 'persona', 'improbus']
for i in lems:
print(repr(f"{i}\t{'whatever'}"))
Output:
'scaena\twhatever'
'persona\twhatever'
'improbus\twhatever'
The issue I was having was python unrelated so my question has already the answer in it which I reiterate and mark as the correct answer:
for i in lems:
i = i.strip()
print('{}{}{}'.format(i, '\t', 'text'))
